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Overview Print Page Close Window World Directory of Minorities Asia and Oceania MRG Directory –> Pakistan –> Pakistan Overview Print Page Close Window Pakistan Overview Updated September 2010 Environment Peoples History Governance Current state of minorities and indigenous peoples Environment Pakistan, with a name meaning ‘land of the pure', lies between Iran in the west, Afghanistan in the north-west, India in the east and south-east, and the Arabian Sea in the south. Notwithstanding the secession of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1971, Pakistan remains a populous country covering a substantial terrain. It is currently the sixth most populous state in the world and, after Indonesia, the most populous Islamic state. As a country Pakistan presents astounding geographical and climatic variations. Pakistan occupies a landmass of 880,254 sq km and is administratively divided into four provinces, a capital territory and federally administered tribal areas (FATA). The state also claims jurisdiction over the western parts of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir, organized as two political entities - Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas. Peoples Main languages: Urdu (national language), Sindhi, Punjabi, Siraiki, Pushtu and Baluchi (regional languages) Main religions: Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Ahmaddiya Ethnic minorities include Sindhis (14.1%), Pathans or Pakhtuns (15.42%, 2006 Census of Afghans in Pakistan), Mohajirs (7.57%), Baluchis (3.57%). Religious minorities include Christians (1.59%, 1998 Census), Ahmaddiyas (0.22 %, 1998 Census), Hindus (1.6%, 1998 Census), Shi'as, Isma'ilis, Bohras and Parsis. Although the official position in relation to the existence of religious, linguistic and ethnic minorities is shrouded in controversy, Pakistan's minorities can essentially be categorized as ‘ethnic and linguistic' and ‘religious'. The term ‘minority' is used in the 1973 Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on several occasions, there is however no definition of this term. Successive federal governments have taken the position that minorities within Pakistan are necessarily religious, and that there are no ethnic, racial or linguistic minorities or indigenous peoples. The most recent national census, completed in 1998, also restricts its data to religious minorities. Page 1 of 8 Constitutional recognition is however granted to the inhabitants of Pakistan's four provinces as well as those residing in Tribal Areas. Pakistan's officially recognized nationalities are the Punjabis, the Sindhis, the Pathans and the Baluchis. Urdu is the official language and English has retained an official standing, used widely in governmental and official correspondence and the higher courts, as well as institutions of higher education. According to the 1998 national census, 96.28 per cent of the population follows the Islamic faith. A vast majority of this Muslim population professes Sunni Islam, and owes allegiance to the Hanafi school of thought. Non-Muslims constitute 3.72 per cent of the total population, figures which, religious minorities claim, grossly under-represent their numerical strength. Christians, Hindus, Ahamaddiyas, scheduled castes and others (including Sikhs and Parsis) are officially and constitutionally recognized as religious minorities. Shi'a, Ismaili and Bohra communities are recognized as Muslim communities. The census does not provide any official figures on minority Muslim sects, although people belonging to these communities have been singled out and subjected to harassment and persecution. History The Republic of Pakistan emerged as an independent sovereign state on 14 August 1947, as a result of the partition of the former British India. At independence the Pakistani state inherited those contiguous districts of the former Indian empire that had a Muslim majority population; the result was a country divided into two wings of unequal size. Although there were significant differences between various groups of West Pakistan, these differences seemed less prominent when matched with the historical and socio-political features of East Pakistan. Pakistan was proclaimed an Islamic republic in its first constitution, promulgated on 23 March 1956. The first general election under the constitution was due to be held in February 1959. However, Field Marshal Ayub Khan seized power in a military coup in October 1958 and ruled until March 1969, when he was ousted by General Yahya Khan. Partition of East from West The country's first free elections were held in December 1970. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) dominated in West Pakistan, while Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League swept the polls in East Pakistan. Mujib's call for autonomy was resisted by Yahya and Bhutto, leading eventually to civil war in December 1971 and the creation of Bangladesh. Following the partition of Pakistan, Yahya relinquished power to the civilian government led by Bhutto. General Zia-ul-Haq deposed Bhutto in July 1977. Bhutto was tried for conspiring to murder a political opponent, sentenced to death and executed in April 1979. General Zia remained the leader of the country until his death in an air crash in August 1988. General Zia pushed the country towards fundamentalism and imposed his own repressive version of the Sharia (Islamic law). Return of democracy Zia's death was followed by the reintroduction of democracy in Pakistan, and, in the elections of November 1988, Bhutto's daughter Benazir led the PPP to victory. Benazir Bhutto was dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1990 and in the elections which followed a coalition government headed by Nawaz Sharif came to power. Sharif was in turn dismissed in April 1993 amid charges of corruption and torture of political opponents. Although the Sharif government was restored by the Supreme Court, Sharif was again dismissed, President Ishaq Khan resigned, and Bhutto returned to power in the 1993 October elections. Bhutto, however, failed to complete a full term in office as prime minister. Her government was dismissed by President Farooq Laghari in November 1996 on grounds, Page 2 of 8 inter alia, of corruption and the continued failure to prevent ethnic unrest and civil strife. Military rule and promise of minority protection In his second term in office (1997-9) Sharif brought before parliament the fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution (the Shariat bill) (1998). This amendment to the constitution aimed, inter alia, to authorize the government to take any steps necessary to implement the Sharia. Sharif's intention of further Islamizing Pakistan came to an end with the military coup of October 1999. Immediately after coming to power, the military ruler General Pervez Musharraf promised protection of the rights of religious minorities and an end to the culture of religious intolerance. A Christian, Derick Cyprian, was appointed as a federal minister and the government undertook to repeal all discriminatory laws. General Musharraf formally installed himself as president of Pakistan on 20 June 2001 - an officially sponsored and carefully managed referendum was conducted on 30 April 2002 in order to legitimize his presidential rule until 2007. General elections were conducted in Pakistan during October 2002 with PML-Q, a pro-Musharraf party forming the government. A vote of confidence passed by the National Assembly in his favour in 2004 enabled him to retain his presidency and military position. The same year also saw Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz elected as the country's prime minister. ^ top Governance The failure to provide adequate protection to ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities in Pakistan is an unfortunate aspect of the country's chequered legal and political history. In this regard two particularly worrying trends have emerged: first, the suppression of the rights of ethnic minorities such as Baluchis, Pathans, Mohajirs and Sindhis, all of whom have had their demands for greater autonomy met with severe government repression. Second, the freedoms of religious minorities, such as Hindus, Christians and Ahmaddiyas, have contracted as a result of harsh legislation around the issue of religious offences. Religious minorities have been targeted by extremist groups among the majority Sunni Muslims - groups that have an organizational strength disproportionate to their electoral support at the polls. Sectarianism appears to be unchecked by the government, contributing to communal clashes in addition to the ethnically rooted conflicts that have characterized Pakistan's history, recently most pronounced in Sindh and Baluchistan provinces. Effect of anti-blasphemy laws on minorities Concern among Pakistan's religious minorities arises from several sources, including the continuation of the ‘anti-blasphemy laws' and the Hudood Ordinances. During the Islamization period of the military dictator, General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq, a series of anti-blasphemy related offences were inducted in Chapter XV of the Pakistan Penal Code 1857. Based on these laws a person found to be critical of the Prophet of Islam or his companions could face a jail term. Subsequent amendments made the death penalty mandatory for anyone defiling the name of the Prophet Mohammed. The induction of these provisions opened the way for persecution of religious minorities under the pretext of anti-blasphemy legislation. The arbitrary nature of the legislative provisions, their exploitation by religious extremists and the severity of the punishments involved have attracted enormous international criticism and rebuke. Nevertheless,
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